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Hey everybody, Tom Woods here. Very glad to have Professor Jared Casey back on the show.

Jared Casey is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at University College, Dublin, where he was also department chair.

And today we're going to talk about his brand new book. We've had him on in the past to talk about his book, Libertarian Anarchy Against the State.

Well, today he has his magnum opus. It is called Freedom's Progress with a question

mark, subtitle a history of political thought. It is an amazing achievement. It's written from

a libertarian perspective. And it's got endorsements that are just beyond belief, including my own endorsement for what

that humble contribution is worth. Professor Casey, welcome back.

Thank you very much, Tom. I am really stunned at this book I just got done telling people about.

It's overwhelming, and it's so well done. It's so well done. And I say this about a lot of

people who come on here and write books, but that's because I only have good books on. I don't want to,

it's a terrible book. I don't want to talk to you. But this thing is an astonishing achievement.

I don't understand why this didn't take you 30 years to write. It seems like you and I haven't spoken in several, probably at least two years, and somehow you made a lot better use of your time than I did during that period.

I'm not so sure about that.

You know, you were responsible for this book.

Why don't you tell that

story? The last one I was actually at the Mises Institute, you were kind enough to meet me at Atlanta

airport. And on the way in the car, I describe it in the book as you kidnapped me, but that's not

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